The Professional Squash Association has announced its 2023-24 PSA World Tour calendar, with 36 events scheduled to take place across five continents between August and 2024.
The season begins in Canada for the inaugural Windsor Cup, which will be held between August 15-19. The first Platinum event of the new campaign will then see France hold a major squash tournament for the first time since 1994 when the Paris Squash event marks its debut on the calendar between August 27 – September 2. The event will take place on the grounds of the Palais de Tokyo in the shadow of the iconic Eiffel Tower.
The Q-Terminals Qatar Classic will take place in September, featuring a women’s draw for the first time since 2015, with the prestigious US Open taking place the following month.
The City Tattersalls Group Australian Open – held in Sydney between November 8-12 – will rejoin the World Tour in what will be the biggest PSA event held in the country since 2012.
2023 ends with the Hong Kong Squash Open at the end of November and beginning of December, before the tour signs off for the winter break following the culmination of the women’s Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open and the men’s Robertson Lodges New Zealand Open on December 10.
2024 kicks off with the Gold-level Kinetic Orange Ball Florida Open in what will be the State’s biggest ever PSA event. The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions then follows, with the first Platinum event of the New Year being staged yet again in the stunning Vanderbilt Hall at New York’s iconic Grand Central Terminal.
The Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family returns to the calendar at the end of February after being replaced in last season’s calendar by the PSA World Championships in Chicago. The tour returns to Egypt in April for the Black Ball Open and El Gouna International, while the biggest tournament in squash – the PSA World Championships – will be held in May, with the venue for that tournament set to be announced soon.
The British Open will return to the spectacular Birmingham Rep Theatre at the start of June, before the season wraps up at the PSA World Tour Finals at the end of the month.
In addition to the various trophies on offer, points for the PSA World Tour Finals Leaderboard will be available at all PSA World Tour events throughout the season.
The top eight players on the standings qualify for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals, whilst all Platinum winners and the reigning PSA World Champions qualify automatically for the season-ending spectacle, which was won by Egyptian duo Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar last season.
“The 2023-24 season is set to be the busiest ever on the PSA World Tour and we’re excited to add a number of spectacular new locations onto the calendar,” said PSA Chief Executive Alex Gough.
“We begin with brand-new events in Canada and Paris and we’re delighted to stage our first major event in France for almost 30 years. Meanwhile, Australia has traditionally played a major role in the sport with many of the sport’s previous World Champions and World No.1s hailing from the nation, so we’re pleased to return the Australian Open to PSA World Tour level.
“Last season saw a number of intriguing storylines and huge battles play out across the campaign. The new season promises to be even more exciting, with the race for the World No.1 spot in particular as tight as it’s ever been. I hope squash fans enjoy following all the action on SQUASHTV.”